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Gandha Prasarini (Paederia foetida)

DESCRIPTION OF PLANT

Gandha Prasarini (Paederia foetida) is a climber plant which has ovate to lanceolate leaves. The leaves are around 5 cm long and 2.5 cm in width. The leaves are also membranous and have long petioles. Its flowers are found in scorpiod cymes and are purple or violet in color. The roots are cylindrical or sub cylindrical and compressed on both sides, with an outer surface covered in root scars. The fruits are compressed, ellipsoid, red or black in color. It is fibrous, the exterior brownish and the internal color light brown, with a bitter taste.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Gandha Prasarini (Paederia foetida) is an important Ayurvedic medicinal herb. The word meaning of Gandha Prasarini in sanskrit is – it spreads bad smell. It is a unique feature of this herb. Gandha means smell prasarini means spreading.

It has various therapeutic properties like Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-helminthic, anti-hyperglycemic activity. Because of its different properties it is used in treatment of different ailments like rheumatism, paralysis, abscesses, gout, diarrhea, dysentery, infertility, colic and flatulence.

Its different parts are used in different Ayurvedic Preparations. Its leaves are used against herpes infection, roots are used for relieving pain in the chest or liver, inflammation of spleen and also used as emetic. The whole plant is a tonic, astringent and anti-inflammatory.

CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Gentianales

Family: Rubiaceae

Genus: Paederia

Species: Foetida

HABITAT

It is found in the Himalayas from Dehradun eastwards, up to an altitude of 1800 m above sea level. It is also found in Bihar, Orissa, Bengal and Assam.

Classical Categorization

ANCIENT VERSE ABOUT PAEDERIA FOETIDA

It states that properties and names of gandhaprasarini- prasarini, rajbala, bhadraparani, pratanini, saarini, sarini, bhadra, bala and kattamabhra are the synonyms of prasarini.

It is bitter in taste and heavy in nature. It is hot in potency. It has aphrodisiac property, provides strength and immunity to body (balkark), useful in wound and bone healing (sandhankark). It is useful to manage vata and kapha doshas in body and their related disorders.

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